Good morning,
In principle, the floor plan we want to proceed with in the planning phase is already set.
See thread: #177 Finalizing the floor plan Bungalow 130m² (1,399 ft²) for 4 people
However, I wanted to take the opportunity to discuss a different room orientation once more.
The "living rectangle" including the kitchen remains similar to the original floor plan. The living room will be slightly shorter.
Our garden area is on the south (left side of the plan) and west (top of the plan).
This would allow the following optimizations:
- Both children's bedrooms facing west would each get a terrace door, giving direct access to the courtyard (suggestion by @ypg)
- The living room would also receive 2 terrace doors directly, now with a view of the greenery instead of the neighbor’s boundary development
- The outdoor unit of the air-to-water heat pump would be located "behind" the house, where it would at most bother the neighbor
What I like less, and why I am posting again to get advice/comments:
Entrance / Hallway / Foyer
- (remains an L-shape) slightly longer
- I have no ideas for implementing a coat storage
- Lighting? Possibly a narrow window in the living room
Utility room / Guest toilet
- Unusual solution if you want to keep an "L-shaped corridor"
- Entrance area of the toilet would be walk-through space for the utility room
Other possible access points:
- Kitchen
- Guest toilet
- Door to the outside
Also the question: How high is the extra effort/cost if the utility room is located on the other side of the house, in terms of connection costs?
Top of the plan: West (utility connections)
Left side of the plan: South
Right side of the plan: North
Bottom of the plan: East
I hope I don’t just get opposition but can start a productive discussion here.
Basically weighing the pros and cons.
Thank you very much
In principle, the floor plan we want to proceed with in the planning phase is already set.
See thread: #177 Finalizing the floor plan Bungalow 130m² (1,399 ft²) for 4 people
However, I wanted to take the opportunity to discuss a different room orientation once more.
The "living rectangle" including the kitchen remains similar to the original floor plan. The living room will be slightly shorter.
Our garden area is on the south (left side of the plan) and west (top of the plan).
This would allow the following optimizations:
- Both children's bedrooms facing west would each get a terrace door, giving direct access to the courtyard (suggestion by @ypg)
- The living room would also receive 2 terrace doors directly, now with a view of the greenery instead of the neighbor’s boundary development
- The outdoor unit of the air-to-water heat pump would be located "behind" the house, where it would at most bother the neighbor
What I like less, and why I am posting again to get advice/comments:
Entrance / Hallway / Foyer
- (remains an L-shape) slightly longer
- I have no ideas for implementing a coat storage
- Lighting? Possibly a narrow window in the living room
Utility room / Guest toilet
- Unusual solution if you want to keep an "L-shaped corridor"
- Entrance area of the toilet would be walk-through space for the utility room
Other possible access points:
- Kitchen
- Guest toilet
- Door to the outside
Also the question: How high is the extra effort/cost if the utility room is located on the other side of the house, in terms of connection costs?
Top of the plan: West (utility connections)
Left side of the plan: South
Right side of the plan: North
Bottom of the plan: East
I hope I don’t just get opposition but can start a productive discussion here.
Basically weighing the pros and cons.
Thank you very much
11ant schrieb:
And what I will never understand is why people avoid integrating the outbuilding into the overall plan as if it were taboo.Well, it’s because of the floor plan they have already chosen. It comes with the legendary fixed price, which cannot be maintained if the outbuilding is included. Also, that area faces the ugly north side of the plot, which no one wants to look at.Seriously though, if the original poster has fallen in love with a bungalow of these fixed dimensions, shape, and appearance, I think that’s completely fine. We don’t have to live there.
kaho674 schrieb:
If the original poster has fallen in love with a bungalow of these fixed dimensions, shape, and appearance,The shape remains, everything else is already history.
@ant
Thank you. That clears it up.
kaho674 schrieb:
No, seriously. If the original poster has fallen in love with a bungalow of these exact dimensions, shape, and appearance, I think that’s completely fine. We don’t have to live there.
Thank you. That clears it up.
ypg schrieb:
The shape remains; everything else is already history.Ok, maybe it will still be the Flair 113 after all. We’ll have to wait and see.If you build with tund c, you need to do some calculations. The costs are definitely important. And a rectangular bungalow is clearly much cheaper than an L-shaped one.
Now, T and C are not exactly specialists for this type of construction. So they apparently leave the original poster quite on their own with their ideas.
I’ll say what I would do differently compared to T and C or the original poster.
Make the bedrooms inside a bit larger, place the guest bathroom and main bathroom on the drainage side—never pipes running through the concrete slab. Put windows on the north and east sides outside, and fewer on the south and west sides, to protect against heat.
Storage space in an insulated attic. I would rather give up on controlled mechanical ventilation and replace external blinds with storage space instead. K
Now, T and C are not exactly specialists for this type of construction. So they apparently leave the original poster quite on their own with their ideas.
I’ll say what I would do differently compared to T and C or the original poster.
Make the bedrooms inside a bit larger, place the guest bathroom and main bathroom on the drainage side—never pipes running through the concrete slab. Put windows on the north and east sides outside, and fewer on the south and west sides, to protect against heat.
Storage space in an insulated attic. I would rather give up on controlled mechanical ventilation and replace external blinds with storage space instead. K
Nordlys schrieb:
Guest restroom and main bathroom on the drainage side, never pipes through the floor slab.Hello,
that is also the common consensus; however, in that case, I wouldn’t be able to place both children's rooms on the west side. Here, I agree with @[B]hampshire in #7.
Additionally, my question remains unanswered in #8 about how to possibly prepare for a worst-case scenario.
Looking at Town & Country’s original plan, it’s clear from the start that compromises have to be made.
And of course, we are including the NG in our planning, @@11ant. I wonder why you keep implying otherwise? (see the old NG plan attached) A design where the NG is integrated with the building structure in the new build was never planned.
I have also highlighted the current changes for you in two colors.
With that said, TGIF